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<p>Sorry. Disasters aren't budgeted this year.</p><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/magazine/2013/08/love-one-another-some-restrictions-apply" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Climate changeColumnsdisastersempathyGunsHumoroklahomasatiretornadotwitterCultureLife and PeaceH'rumphsMon, 01 Jul 2013 19:31:44 +0000Ed Spivey Jr.49315 at http://www.sojo.netTornadoes, Butterfly People, and Finding the Sacred in Collective Storieshttp://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/28/tornadoes-butterfly-people-and-finding-sacred-collective-stories
<p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the chaotic scenes depicted of Moore, Okla., last week, it was difficult to find God — but a video of the precious&nbsp;<a _fcksavedurl="http://youtu.be/OdHagKeo86k" href="http://youtu.be/OdHagKeo86k" target="_blank">woman who claimed she prayed for her dog</a>&nbsp;after he emerged from the rubble went viral on social media throughout the day. People will cling to these random moments when the divine is revealed in often peculiar ways. These moments will turn into stories that will comfort and contribute to the survival of a community that is finding strength it didn’t know it possessed.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Communities have probably always overcome unimaginable circumstances in this way. It may even be the phenomenon that propelled widespread circulation of many of the biblical accounts that were first narrated orally. They often illustrate an oppressed community that finds God in unexpected occurrences.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/28/tornadoes-butterfly-people-and-finding-sacred-collective-stories" target="_blank">read more</a></p>butterfly peoplef-5FaithGod's Politicsjoplin tornadojoplin, momoore, oklahomaoklahoma tornadotornadoFaith and SpiritualityLife and PeaceTue, 28 May 2013 16:00:27 +0000Rachel Lloyd48653 at http://www.sojo.netMajesty and Tragedy in Oklahomahttp://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/21/majesty-and-tragedy-oklahoma
<p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.” And from those heavens descended a deadly cloud.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Out of the mouths of babes and infants ...” The children of Plaza Towers Elementary?</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?” Indeed that is the question that troubles the heart of the faithful in times like these.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Can we still praise God? If so, how do we start? Can we possibly understand what happened in Moore, Okla.?</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don’t trust anyone who claims to comprehend the meaning of this storm. Don’t trust anyone who points with absolute certainty to a single cause for this storm. Don’t trust anyone who treats a tornado as anything but indiscriminate and cruel. These tragedies are not punishments or object lessons. Such natural forces do not reach their conclusion with a pat moral or a simple “they lived happily ever after.”</p><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/21/majesty-and-tragedy-oklahoma" target="_blank">read more</a></p>deathGod's Politicsgriefmoore, oklahomaNatural Disasteroklahomaoklahoma tornadoPsalmstornadotragedyFaith and SpiritualityLife and PeaceTue, 21 May 2013 18:05:47 +0000Eric Barreto48583 at http://www.sojo.netTornado Hits Elementary Schools, Levels Homes in Oklahomahttp://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/20/tornado-hits-elementary-schools-levels-homes-oklahoma
<p>A massive tornado swept through the town of Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, destroying homes and hitting two elementary schools. Emergency crews were rushing to the scenes to rescue staff and students trapped in the debris. One MSNBC report indicated at least 75 children and staff were trapped in one of the schools. From <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/20/18375741-major-damage-as-huge-tornado-rips-through-neighborhoods-south-of-oklahoma-city?lite" target="_blank">MSNBC</a>:&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p style="font-size: 12px;">Two elementary schools were heavily damaged, possibly completely destroyed, KFOR reported. Those schools are Briarwood Elementary in Oklahoma City and Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore.</p><p style="font-size: 12px;">It was unknown how many children may have been in the schools when the twister hit, but a KFOR reporter saw a student being rescued from Plaza Towers, where the roof was blown off and the cinderblock walls demolished.</p></blockquote><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px;">Read more <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/20/18375741-major-damage-as-huge-tornado-rips-through-neighborhoods-south-of-oklahoma-city?lite" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2013/05/20/tornado-hits-elementary-schools-levels-homes-oklahoma" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Creation CareGod's Politicsmoore, oklahomaNatural DisasteroklahomatornadoQuick ReadEnvironmental StewardshipMon, 20 May 2013 21:58:54 +0000QR Blog Editor48566 at http://www.sojo.netLife: Interrupted http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2011/09/27/life-interrupted
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